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Rihanna buys $22M Barbados villa

Rihanna has bought a $22 million villa in her native Barbados so that she can spend more time with her family.

The superstar, who’s currently on her lucrative “Diamonds” world tour, bought a palatial waterfront villa at One Sandy Lane, where ­Simon Cowell also owns a home.

The 25-year-old singer, said to be worth $90 million, purchased the 10,000-square-foot pad just down the beach from the ­famous, five-star Sandy Lane Hotel. It had been on the market for $21.8 million.

A source tells us, “Rihanna bought the house after renting it for her family last year.”

Rihanna partying in Barbados back in August during the Kadooment Day Parade.Splash News

Rihanna — real name Robyn Fenty — ­returns home every year for the holidays and remains close to her family. The source added that she planned to spend more time in Barbados with her mother, Monica Braithwaite, and grandfather, Lionel Braithwaite.

One Sandy Lane boasts five bedrooms and baths, a grand lobby with a sweeping spiral staircase, multiple verandas with sea views, a large pool, private gym and a 24-hour concierge and security service operated by the Sandy Lane Hotel staff.

Last week, Page Six revealed that RiRi is also planning to buy a place in New York. She discreetly viewed Manhattan apartments when she was in town last month for her tour dates and Fashion Week, and her manager, Jay Brown, has taken over the search.

A source told us, “The plan is that when her tour is over in November, she’ll move here.”

Meanwhile, Rihanna has moved out of her $12 million Pacific Palisades mansion plagued by trespassers, stalkers and attempted burglaries. She hired a crew to take all of her stuff out of the property last week after a trespasser was arrested there for third time in recent months.

A source close to the star told TMZ that she hasn’t been at the house since August but plans to rent another house in LA even though she’ll spend most of her time in New York.